‘Would you eat cultured meat?’: consumers' reactions and attitude formation in Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom

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Autor(a) principal: Verbeke, W.
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Marcu, A., Rutsaert, P., Gaspar, R., Seibt, C., Fletcher, D., Barnett, J.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/9341
Resumo: Cultured meat has evolved from an idea and concept into a reality with the August 2013 cultured hamburger tasting in London. Still, how consumers conceive cultured meat is largely an open question. This study addresses consumers' reactions and attitude formation towards cultured meat through analyzing focus group discussions and online deliberations with 179 meat consumers from Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Initial reactions when learning about cultured meat were underpinned by feelings of disgust and considerations of unnaturalness. Consumers saw few direct personal benefits but they were more open to perceiving global societal benefits relating to the environment and global food security. Both personal and societal risks were framed in terms of uncertainties about safety and health, and possible adverse societal consequences dealing with loss of farming and eating traditions and rural livelihoods. Further reflection pertained to skepticism about 'the inevitable' scientific progress, concern about risk governance and control, and need for regulation and proper labeling.
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title ‘Would you eat cultured meat?’: consumers' reactions and attitude formation in Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom
spellingShingle ‘Would you eat cultured meat?’: consumers' reactions and attitude formation in Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom
Verbeke, W.
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Cultured
In-vitro
Meat
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title_short ‘Would you eat cultured meat?’: consumers' reactions and attitude formation in Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom
title_full ‘Would you eat cultured meat?’: consumers' reactions and attitude formation in Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom
title_fullStr ‘Would you eat cultured meat?’: consumers' reactions and attitude formation in Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed ‘Would you eat cultured meat?’: consumers' reactions and attitude formation in Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom
title_sort ‘Would you eat cultured meat?’: consumers' reactions and attitude formation in Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom
author Verbeke, W.
author_facet Verbeke, W.
Marcu, A.
Rutsaert, P.
Gaspar, R.
Seibt, C.
Fletcher, D.
Barnett, J.
author_role author
author2 Marcu, A.
Rutsaert, P.
Gaspar, R.
Seibt, C.
Fletcher, D.
Barnett, J.
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author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Verbeke, W.
Marcu, A.
Rutsaert, P.
Gaspar, R.
Seibt, C.
Fletcher, D.
Barnett, J.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Attitude
Consumer
Cultured
In-vitro
Meat
Synthetic
topic Attitude
Consumer
Cultured
In-vitro
Meat
Synthetic
description Cultured meat has evolved from an idea and concept into a reality with the August 2013 cultured hamburger tasting in London. Still, how consumers conceive cultured meat is largely an open question. This study addresses consumers' reactions and attitude formation towards cultured meat through analyzing focus group discussions and online deliberations with 179 meat consumers from Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Initial reactions when learning about cultured meat were underpinned by feelings of disgust and considerations of unnaturalness. Consumers saw few direct personal benefits but they were more open to perceiving global societal benefits relating to the environment and global food security. Both personal and societal risks were framed in terms of uncertainties about safety and health, and possible adverse societal consequences dealing with loss of farming and eating traditions and rural livelihoods. Further reflection pertained to skepticism about 'the inevitable' scientific progress, concern about risk governance and control, and need for regulation and proper labeling.
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